Solar decathlon: collegiate challenge to build the future

Warner, C.; King, Richard J.; Nahan, R.; Eastment, M.

doi:10.1109/pvsc.2002.1190452

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“…The objective of the participating teams is to design, build and operate solar-energy-based homes that consume as few natural resources as possible and produce minimal waste during their lifecycles. Particular emphasis is placed on reducing energy consumption and obtaining all necessary energy from the sun [4,5].…”

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Energy performance evaluation of a marketable net-zero-energy house: Solark I at Solar Decathlon China 2013

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a b s t r a c tThis paper presents the energy performance evaluation of a marketable net-zero-energy house (NZEH): Solark I at Solar Decathlon China 2013. The assessment methodologies are based on EnergyPlus simulations and measured data. The paper also discusses the reasons for the differences between the results of the simulations and the measurements, analyzes the investment cost, summarizes the lessons learned from the competition, and presents the potential for replicability and transposition from Solark I to implementation in a practical NZEH. The conclusions are that Solark I's investment cost is reasonable, its systems for building-integrated photovoltaics, hot water and heating, and ventilation and air conditioning demonstrated excellent performance based on the results of the energy performance evaluations using EnergyPlus simulations and measured data. Thus, Solark I is a marketable NZEH.

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Energy performance evaluation of a marketable net-zero-energy house: Solark I at Solar Decathlon China 2013

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“…Solar Decathlon is an international competition open to universities and collegiate institutions around the world, giving them the opportunity to compete for a target: to design and build a solar house that is energy independent [7][8][9][10]. It takes place in odd years in the USA.…”

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Energy Performance and Thermal Comfort of a High Efficiency House: RhOME for denCity, Winner of Solar Decathlon Europe 2014

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The increase of people living in large cities and the expansion of new urban areas are keys to defining new sustainable models. It is estimated that about 70% of the EU population lives in urban areas, and it is expected to reach 80% by 2030. Consequently, it is important to find a new concept of buildings that can reduce the total energy consumption. The Solar Decathlon is an international university competition, born in 2002, created by the U.S. State Energy Department (DOE). Students are challenged to design and operate a full-scale, innovative and sustainable house able to exploit solar radiation as its sole energy source. The objective of the competition is to promote research and education in sustainable architecture and solar energy fields. This paper presents an overview on the

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“…Particular emphasis is put on reducing energy consumption and obtaining all the necessary energy from the sun. Therefore, every team participating in the competition must provide a multidisciplinary knowledge, including civil engineering, electrical engineering, computer science and architecture, among others [10,11].…”

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Experiences and methodology in a multidisciplinary energy and architecture competition: Solar Decathlon Europe 2012

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Solar Decathlon Europe is an international competition among universities which promotes interdisciplinary learning in engineering and architecture. Students from different disciplines participate in teams guided by several professors during a 29 month preparation period plus five weeks of on-site contest. The educational project involves designing, building and testing a solar energy house connected to the electrical grid with the strategy of maximizing self-consumption, supported by bioclimatic technologies and maintaining a low environmental footprint. It culminates in a on-site contest in which teams must assembly the house themselves, test it with ordinary real life tasks and finally disassembly it. The event has also a divulgative aim, trying to make students and visitors get interested in discovering the problems presented by real engineering and architecture applications. In addition, SDE covers R&D aspects in different fields such as energy efficiency, solar energy and bioclimatic architecture. This article presents the methodology followed during the SDE 2012 edition, in which more than 850 students participated. The obtained results show that the educational competition was a success according to the technical and professional ambitions of the students, most of them considering that their knowledge had increased in areas related to technical and multidisciplinary aspects.

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Solar decathlon: collegiate challenge to build the future

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Energy performance evaluation of a marketable net-zero-energy house: Solark I at Solar Decathlon China 2013

Energy performance evaluation of a marketable net-zero-energy house: Solark I at Solar Decathlon China 2013

Energy Performance and Thermal Comfort of a High Efficiency House: RhOME for denCity, Winner of Solar Decathlon Europe 2014

Experiences and methodology in a multidisciplinary energy and architecture competition: Solar Decathlon Europe 2012

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